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The Caldwell County Court at Law's instruction sheet for title-change suits: obtain the 68-A vehicle inspection from the Sheriff's Combined Auto Theft Task Force (second and fourth Tuesdays, by appointment), choose the correct TxDMV sample petition, file the petition with the County Clerk and serve TxDMV, send the unopposed judgment to TxDMV for review, set the case with the coordinator, and send the file-stamped signed judgment to TxDMV and the Tax Assessor-Collector.
Applies to civil suits in the Caldwell County Court at Law seeking a court-ordered motor-vehicle title change or VIN assignment. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Certain changes to motor vehicle titles which require a court order from County Court at Law or District Court ordering the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) to cancel and rescind a title or issue a title…
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 (completeness fix F3) from the county-site document's text layer read in full. Undated; no effective date recorded. Bound to the Caldwell County Court at Law and to Judge Richard R. Hicks III, whose court posts it.
In justice-court eviction cases: the citation sets a personal-appearance trial day not less than 10 nor more than 21 days after the petition is filed; a written answer is permitted but NOT required (appearing on the trial day is what matters); no trial may be held until 4 days after service; and an appeal must be perfected within 5 days after the judgment is signed.
Policy Regarding Pro Se Applicants — Harris County Probate Courts (Probate Court No. 1 posting) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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